Internet-connected CCTV cameras made by a Chinese firm, Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology were infected with malware that allowed hackers to takeover "tens of millions" of devices and launch the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks which brought the internet across much of the US, and especially on the east coast, to a virtual crawl for hours on Friday.
Chinese Firm Behind Friday's Internet Outage
((they)) are desperately trying to whitewash it as something other than a cyber-warfare attack.
whoah, so this is the power of the internet of shit...
Who's attacking who?
No body nose, boss.
Is that why fucking reCaptcha has been such a pain in the ass, to mitigate the attack? Is it over?
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was related to something greater than just a fuck up.
Someone was probably just making a point. "War is the continuation of politics by other means." --Carl von Clausewitz, "On War"
Headline ripped from old news
Did they get the band back together for "a strategic application of surgical wrath"?
Nice source Jow Forumstard
>tfw google constantly spiders Jow Forums
Anything is possible.
>tfw you forget image
>Anything is possible.
lol this is the basis of conservative "facts"
I'm quite liberal
THIS THREAD IS A HOAX. DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING POSTED HERE. THE PERPETRATORS ARE TRYING TO START A WAR BETWEEN GOOGLE, COMCAST, Jow Forums AND CHINA!
>It said the biggest issue was users not changing default passwords, adding that, overall, its products were well protected from cyber security breaches.
What is wrong with the Chinese
uh, aside note, with all the internet devices now how the fuck is the root dns servers not crashing left and right due to overloads?
cache
Fucking ricefarmers.
Your commie has no regard for human life, not even his own.
Quite liberal in your intepretation of facts I see.